9-letter words containing d, e, c, r
- decentred — to put out of center.
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decerning — Present participle of decern.
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- dechunker — chunker
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- deciliter — one tenth of a liter (3.376 fluid ounces or 6.1024 cubic inches)
- decilitre — one tenth of a litre
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimeter — one tenth of a meter (3.937 inches)
- decimetre — one tenth of a metre
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- decistere — a measure equivalent to one tenth of a stere
- deck over — to complete the construction of the upper deck between the bulwarks of (a vessel)
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- decliners — Plural form of decliner.
- declutter — to simplify or get rid of mess, disorder, complications, etc, from
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- decoherer — a device that re-establishes a coherer to usual levels of receptiveness
- decolored — to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decorated — (often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decorator — A decorator is a person whose job is to paint houses or put wallpaper up.
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- decourous — Misspelling of decorous.
- decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
- decreases — Plural form of decrease.
- decreeing — Present participle of decree.
- decrement — the act of decreasing; diminution
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decretist — a person who is knowledgeable on the subject of the Decretals or the papal edicts that make up part of canon law
- decretive — of or relating to an official and final decision
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- decrypted — to decode or decipher.
- deculture — to deculturate.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decurrent — extending down the stem, esp (of a leaf) having the base of the blade extending down the stem as two wings
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- deer lick — a naturally or artificially salty area of ground where deer come to lick the salt
- deer tick — a tick that is parasitic on deer; esp., any of a genus (Ixodes) of ticks that transmit the spirochete causing Lyme disease
- defecator — One who defecates.